To: Kid Rock who wrote (37449 ) 5/26/2004 10:58:28 PM From: Berry Picker Respond to of 39621 God of Law is the same God as God of Love - there is no difference. You do not understand Grace and Law. A marriage is 2 very different things - A man and a woman. They are similar in that they are both human. The two make the whole of Marriage - there is no marriage without both. There is no salvation without both - men are saved to righteousness. Righteousness is obeying God's law. The difference is between covenants. There is a covenant of works - Adam failed in that but Christ succeeded through perfect obedience and fulfilling of the law. There is a covenant of grace - free gift of righteousness apart from our own good works and keeping of the law - but we are called to keep God's law under both covenants. There is no covenant under God outside of His law. Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Holiness = keeping God's law. (albeit imperfectly) Those who separate God's law from salvation do not know anything about salvation - we are saved from sin... Sin is transgressing God's law - we do not escape sin by legalizing it we escape sin through Christ's forgiveness and strength to REPENT Repentance is a part of the true Gospel... False gospels do not preach Repentance Both Jesus and John the baptist taught that Repentance is required for salvation - otherwise it is deception. 1 Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. "were some of you" = past tense = repentance. God has not changed - He still hates and punishes eternally impenitent sinners. Many will profess to know Christ but in works they plainly show they are not saved. Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. Be not deceived - God's law is holy, just and good. We are called to obey God's Laws